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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does the Main Character discover in a book at the villa while he is waiting for the Rat to arrive?
(a) The Strange Man's business card.
(b) A paper-thin mirror.
(c) The ad he submitted seeking the Rat.
(d) The bulletin with the starred sheep.

2. Who drives the vehicle that arrives to pick up the cat?
(a) The Limo Driver.
(b) An American with a poor accent.
(c) The Business Partner's brother-in-law.
(d) The Strange Man.

3. How do the Main Character and the Girlfriend get to the station after the cat is picked up?
(a) They call a taxicab.
(b) The Strange Man sends a different car for them.
(c) They take the Girlfriend's car.
(d) They are taken by the same person who picks up the cat.

4. Whom is the Kipper referred to in the name of Chapter 24?
(a) A childhood friend of the Main Character.
(b) A famous character from a novel.
(c) The Main Character's cat.
(d) A cat the Girlfriend had as a child.

5. What does the person who speaks to the Main Character in the darkness in Chapter 38 tell him about the Rat?
(a) That the Rat has killed the person who is speaking.
(b) That the Rat is dead.
(c) That the Rat needs will need his help tomorrow.
(d) That the Rat is going to kill him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the Sheep Professor in 1935?

2. Who says that names are given to things with purpose that are familiar and not mass produced?

3. What does the Main Character find on the mountain road that tells him someone else has been there recently?

4. What do the Main Character and the Girlfriend discuss after arriving at the station in Chapter 24?

5. In what condition is the Main Character at the beginning of Chapter 41?

Short Essay Questions

1. Was the Main Character a good choice for the Strange Man's sheep finding mission?

2. Who is responsible for the Strange Man's death?

3. How does the Sheep Professor's information help the Main Character on his quest?

4. How is isolation and alienation of the characters apparent in Chapters 25 and 26?

5. How does the Limo Driver feel about the cat?

6. Why is the Sheep able to control the Rat?

7. Why is the Rat able to destroy the Sheep?

8. What indicates that the Main Character's journey to Junitaki may be a hazardous one?

9. What factors contribute to the eerie feeling of the area near the villa in Junitaki?

10. How does the Main Character react to the Girlfriend's sudden disappearance?

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